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🤪5:00 central time 😂 if our internet connection is nice to us this week!

Thanks for watching our video and responding. We actually are right outside of Lake Wales - so right in your old neighborhood, so to speak. Thank you for your kind comments on our garden. We have worked extra hard in the past two weeks to make improvements and are getting things set up for fall planting as soon as we can get more things in the ground in August. We will check out your channel tonight and see if we can set aside time on Sunday to get to know you better.

My first thought was "yes" but I double-checked with a search. The Internet agrees with me on this one. I think it would be a good experiment to try in the house as long as you have a large enough space that the spikes wouldn't poke you every time you walked by. It takes at least 2 years to grow a fruit, but it makes a nice green plant and a conversation piece, for sure.

I was more interested a green plant than worrying about the fruit.

@@barbarabruchswinn1010 We have found them quite easy to grow. I hope it works out like that for you.

We have missed you! I didn't know what happened to you because you just stopped commenting and we didn't see your name come up. We will have to check out your channel. We are both avid readers - usually Christian books and fiction. We are so excited to have you back in our lives. Blessings to you.

I hope this tip will save you time and effort. Thanks for sharing your comment.

Behind Kevin is a Papaya tree with fruit hanging. In the background to the right of the picture are overhanging oak tree branches. This particular papaya tree has been producing fruit for us for several years. It was cut off by a hurricane about a year ago but grew back even stronger! Thanks for noticing and commenting.

Thanks for commenting. I have tried several fuels through the years for my smoker. I learned that the goal is "cool smoke" or the bees will become angry or damaged. This time I used hay in the smoker. I have bought pellets before but those were not my favorites. I have also used newspaper or pine needles with good success. I suggest that you experiment several times before you need to use the smoker to get the hang of it. When I first started, it would not stay lit for long enough so I just had to keep trying until I found the good balance with fuel to make smoke - sort of like learning to use a clutch with a standard transmission. You just get to know how it works and then you can follow that process in the future with success. Let us know how you do with your new hives.

Thanks for the suggestion. I have not seen that type of fencing before. We will check it out.

Thanks for your encouragement. Yes, we have advertised the piglets for sale. They are all so strong and healthy but just more animals than we need right now.

Thanks for your comment. We appreciate your convictions.

Thanks for watching and commenting. Yes, a lot of the problem is the fencing. We think that other causes are that we are not here to care for them twice a day and they don't get enough pasture area to graze on. Hopefully, we can keep them in grass now that two of the larger ones are gone. Sorry that you were sick this month. I hope you are better now. Carol is improving every day and sounds worse than she feels. Take care.

We bought the Saggita Chicks from Valley Farms Hatchery. We are pleased with this breed. They grow to maturity faster than many other breeds, they are good size at maturity and lay many large brown eggs.

@@hideawayhomestead3477 Sounds great. Thanks!

they keep us entertained that is for sure.

Thank you for your kind comments. We are in Central Florida. The soil in our area is almost all sand so we constantly need to amend it to help our plants to grow. We like to use organic materials whenever possible. We use rabbit manure and chicken manure. We added potting soil this year as well as composted leaves. We added organic fertilizer to some beds. An experienced gardener from our church said that you just have to build your soil in this area because depending on the natural conditions just won't get much food for your table. It is a constant battle because the water just washes the nutrients down into the soil, but over time we have found that we can gradually improve the conditions.

good to hear from you again.yes we have moringa growing in our other property.we just have not established any on the farm yet. you should call me sometime and come out to the farm. we do feed it to the chickens when i cut the trees back and the pigs like it too. thanks for the comment.

Thank you. Happy New Year to you two. Thanks for commenting.

Thanks for watching. We wish you could be here, too. It has been sooooo hot and sooooo humid here that it hasn't felt like fall. Hopefully, next week we will get a taste of cooler weather.

He is getting a bit more used to us. He let Kevin scratch him today and then rolled over for tummy scratches. Before this, he would run from us.

Thanks for commenting. I have missed your comments and wondered if something had happened to you. So far, the Idaho Pasture Pigs have been great for our farm. They are so nice, calm and friendly. And they started near your home!!! It is good to hear from you.

@@hideawayhomestead3477 we have been raising 2 of our grandchildren (ages 4 & 5) for the past 1.5 years. And we will continue until they both turn 18. It's taken a lot of energy and adjustment...I'm finally getting a handle on life again. Whew! Lol!

Thanks. I hope that you two can make it out and spend some time with us.

Oh, it would be wonderful to see you all!

You know what it is like being out in the heat! Thanks for your advice.

So true. We think we hit the jackpot with this source! And perfect timing, just before we were going to buy all this lumber!

He provides all the time and we want to give Him all the glory and praise. Thanks for your comment.

Thanks for watching and making a selection. We are pleased with our new logo and the printed shirts.

Thanks for commenting. The bonnet idea is a good touch! I need to add that next time. Maybe an apron? My sister just gave me a nice gathering apron for eggs and produce...

Thanks for your comments and encouragement. You are right - this heat limits your choices. We thought about flannel shirts but that would just be too much even for shooting the video!

Thanks! 😊We really work hard at it. It is nice to be recognized.

Welcome back! Thanks for stopping by and for your encouraging words. I hope you can make a point to stop by often. We hope to post at least one video per week.

Oh, Christine, you gave them such a wonderful start. If anyone wants to get excellent Idaho Pasture Pigs here in Florida, you are the person to go to! We will be happy to refer people to you.

@@hideawayhomestead3477 Thank you!🤗🐷

Thanks. We are blessed that things are starting to come together and move forward.

They came with those names. The litter that Mary Ann came from were all named with Gilligan's Island names. Dottie was given that name because she has a dot right between her eyes.

Thanks. We appreciate your encouragement.

Thanks. We are getting the place ready for our new pigs! They are going to be such a great addition!

Thanks.

He had such a nice temperament. It makes you wonder why someone would just dump off an animal like that. It had been on its own for a while before it showed up here because it was quite skinny. In some ways, we wish we could keep him but he has a new owner that will take great care of him and can be with him every day instead of the part-time care that we could give. We love the goats, too. They have such fun personalities. But Tootsie is on the naughty list this week because she has figured out how to jump the gate and now escapes regularly. Today will be "re-build a higher gate day!"

Thanks for the suggestion about the air circulation. We have plans for circulating fans and have installed an exhaust fan and louvers on opposite sides of the high tunnel to create ventilation. We need to get the power set up, though, before any of those ideas will work!

Thank you. We can't claim credit for the idea of using water bottles. We saw another you-tuber doing that before.

Thanks for the kind comment. We appreciate all you do for us.